Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-24
Attribute OF Affection.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE woMAN's CHRIS
TIAN TEMPERANCE UNION ON THE
DEATH OF MRS DAM.

RysoIUTIoNs OF THE woMAN's CHRIS
TIAy TEMPERANCE UNION ON THE
DEATH OF MRS. DAIN.
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, of Butler county, mourns
the death of its beloved President.
This Convection is assembled under
her call. The preliminary arrange
ments for its meeting were made by |
her in her hours of extreme weak
ness and suffering, and her anxious
solicitude was expressed that she
might be spared to meet with US
once more in this Convention. Our
Divine Master had otherwise ordered,
and at $50 on Saturday morning,
June IL, 1887, the sainted spirit of
Elizabeth r. Dain entered into her
heavenly rest. Assembled under the
shadow of this great bereavement, We
would humbly bow under the chas-
tening rod of our Heavenly Father,
and gather around tie newmade
grave of our dearly beloved sister, and
with heavy hearts drop our tribute OF
affection in her memory.
Even so, Father, for SO it seemed
good in thy sight" must be our first
devout utterance In view Of the va
cant chair our departed sister so long,
so faithfully, so anxiously. so accep-
tably and so lovingly filed. 1t is
difficult to measure the loss our Un-
ion has sustained In the death of Mrs.
Dain. She had many gifts and
graces which peculiarly fitted her for
our Presidency. Her noble heart
was full of our work. At home or
abroad. in sickness or health, it was
uppermost in her mind Her bright,
quick, active mind was constantly
planning to promote Its prosperi.
ty.
This humble, devoted, earnest
Christian woman went into the chair
as President OF our county organiza-
ton in its infancy, when we were but
a handful, by the unanimous vote of
her sisters then in the work, and has
so continued during the five years of
its exhaustiug labors, its trials and
perplexities, its successes and re-
verses, the central figure around
which We oil loved to gather for en-
couragement and cheer.
With a matured womanly grace
and sweetness, a delicately refined
and cultivated taste, polished edu-
cation, all sanOtiGed by Christian
grace, our dear departed President
possessed rare combination Of quail
ifcations for her Office. Whilst she
never for a moment compromised a
principle, she had the faculty of
winning over by love even enemies
to our cause.
In this, our hour of sorrow and sad
bereavement, we all feel how made,
auately any words OF ours can ex-
press our appreciation of the life and
character of Elizabeth r. Dain. She
will live in our memory; she will live
in our work; she will 1.-Two ip our
county's history as pioneer in our
cause; and most comforting and glori,
GUS Of all, she will live "forever with
the lord" 1t only remains for US
as we approach the desolate home
she so dearly loved while living, to
unitedly and affectionately tender our
heartfelt sympathy to her lonely bus
band and now motherless children,
who have been bereaved of all that
was most dear to them on this earth,
and commend them to the merciful
care, comfort and protection of our
kind Heavenly Y father, aud to the rich
consolation which he alone can afford;
and to place on our minutes an offici'
al tribute to the memory of our de.
ceased first President by resolving,
lst, That the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, of Butler county,
in Convention assembled, has learned
with profound sorrow that their
worthy President, Mrs. Elizabeth r.
Dain, is no more. We recognize in
this bereaving dispensation our
Heavenly Fathers hand, and hum
bly, bow in submission to his will.
cd, That our departed President,
during five years administration of
her perplexing and responsible Office,
enjoyed tie undivided affection of all
the members of our Union, and 80
ably end faithfully discharged the
duties of her position as to command
the confidence, respect and loving
support of our entire organization.
Sd, That our tenderest sympathies
are rendered to the beresyed husband
and children of our lamented Presi.
dent in their irreparahle loss, with
our prayer that each Of them may ex-
perience those rich consultations in
their bereavement which sympa-
thizing Heavenly Father alone can
hestoW.
In nearly every section OF the
country there seems to be n disposi-
tion to return to the old time cele-
bratons cf the Fourth of July. In
the earlier history Ct our Nation this
day was celebrated with @ regularity
and q patriotic enthusiasm almost un-
known at present. Instead OF being
day of mere enjoyment. and that
sometimes of no high order, it was
an occasion for recalling and RECOUNT
ing the struggles, sacrifices and vic
tories of the Revolutionary forefathers
and of again enunciating and incul-
eating the principles for which they
fought. 1t ig time we went back to
the old custom. While every proper
amusement and sport should have its
place in tie exercises Of the day, 1t
should not be forgotten that the great
and primary object of it's celebration
ought to be to Impress upon the
minds of the present and rising gen
erations the sacred duties and re-.
sponsibiities OF citizens and patriots
There ia great deal Of very loose
and trashy sentimentalism aioat in
this country just now. The bound
aries between patriotism and treason
are being obscured by mist of fine
phrases and aicky sentiment. There